15 Feb 2018 22:43:54
Wouldn’t hold my breath for that kinda return if I was a Habs fan. I personally think they’d be lucky to get steel straight up for Pacioretty IF ducks even had interest in him. Not s chance ducks give both steel and Richie AND a second. not a chance. GM would be unemployed if he made that trade.

Mtl gets 2 young center one prospect and the other one Hertl is proven enough to be worth it.Nothing special but he could become a decent second line center. Norris is a very good prospect as well and San Jose get a scorer that will put them over the top for the playoff

Girgensons is playing pretty bad right now. But he has played decent, like, in 2014? Ish? Maybe he can revitalize his career in Toronto? Even if he doesn't, he's a better fourth line centre than Moore right now, and better than Gauthier. And this allows Aaltonen to stay in the AHL for a year after this. And Zemgus could slot into 3C if Bozak leaves. For Buffalo, they have centre depth. Eichel. ROR. Reinhart. Larsson. And Casey Mittelstadt coming up. They can afford to give up Zemgus. As for Gorges, he's basically a slight upgrade over Polak, although not much. Still, I'd rather see Gorges than Polak, cause Babs will play him over Carrick 100%. And for Buffalo, they get a middling pick, two decently young europeans (Sosh can actually become something, Rosen looked decent but he may just be AHL caliber), and a guy they can replace Zemgus with for the time being.

#2 josh George’s was already technically traded to Toronto from MTL and said he wouldn’t go. I know a lot has changed with the roster of the leafs since then, but I don’t think it was a decision about winning vs losing because he chose buffalo over here lol I think it was more a personal decision and doubt that has changed.

True. Maybe his decision changes though, if Torontos the only biter on him at the deadline? Cause he'd probably wanna get out of the hellhole known as Buffalo. Lol. And if it isn't enohgh, maybe bump the third to the second? I can't see Zemgus worth any more than that - he only has 9 points this year anyway.

22 Jan 2018 23:08:20
If San Jose doesn’t see a problem with paying phanuef his cap for howevery many more years, can’t see why this wouldn’t work then. But then, I’d imagine Ottawa would want prospects and picks in return to build off of.

23 Jan 2018 00:10:20
I think it could work. And they’re taking other bad contracts back with less term and 3rd. Basically they’re just passing him like the leafs did. They took on multiple bad deals with less term, a c prospect and a 2nd. Sense got a cpl years use out of him and now have an owner that doesn’t wanna pay guys. It works.

23 Jan 2018 03:57:27
I don’t think it’s bad either. Phaneuf would be a solid pick up for any playoff bound team. The Sens take a cap dump back, a decent forward and a pick. The contract is obviously everything here.

19 Jan 2018 19:43:53
Martin will be a no go he was literally just on waivers so that’s a little dumb. As for jvr trade that’s interesting but is that worth it for Toronto in the long run? If they trade JVR they need to get a RHd back.

19 Jan 2018 19:59:27
Leafs are in a pretty good spot. I think the trade requests by the Leaf alumni are a bit pre-mature. They don't need to burn an asset to stay in the race. They are almost a shoe in to make the playoffs with how poorly the rest of the division is doing.
Reilly will be back in time for the playoffs. I'd just stand pat myself. but we all know Leafs Nation demands a lot.

19 Jan 2018 20:30:45
Just because Martin was put on waivers doesn’t mean he won’t be traded. San Jose will just have to take a contract back (Bozak) . I definitely think San Jose would have to add though.

19 Jan 2018 21:30:08
If Detroit or a few other teams get their sh*t together they could be 6 points out of a playoff spot. Toronto is from a shoe in. I thought the leafs should’ve made a deal for a defenseman before the season started. I would’ve been happy bringing Franson back a couple weeks ago. They wouldn’t have lost anyone and he’s better than Carrick IMO. I don’t want to see them lose any young studs so I’m happy with just staying the course and letting kids develop.

19 Jan 2018 22:32:55
You guys. Guys get traded a few days after being on waivers a lot. GMs just don't like picking up and gaining a contract unless they see the potential or fit. Lots of times they would rather a contract going out when one is coming in. Some are right up at the limit sometimes.
Just because he was on waivers doesn't mean he couldn't be traded little while later.

19 Jan 2018 23:35:31
@Yup, you’re right, leafs already did it this year, traded for Calvin Pickard right after he cleared waivers from Vegas when they claimed Subban from Boston. Still don’t see Martin as a possibility at the expense of a good centreman tho.

20 Jan 2018 02:09:55
In the leafs case with Pickard it was because if they claimed him on waivers he had to stay on the NHL roster or have to thru waivers again. So instead they trade one of 15 marlies forwards who were never going to make the leafs for him and get to put him right in the AHL.

19 Jan 2018 20:46:05
Lablanc was really solid in the playoffs last year from what I remember? I don’t know but he’s on pace for like 50 points this season so I’d think if they were willing to trade him for futures it’d have to be at least a 2nd.

20 Jan 2018 11:50:48
Get real. The Oiler gave up Taylor Hall to get an average blueliner like Adam Larsson. I agree with the above post that Morgan Reilly and Nylander would be a more fair trade. Arizona would not trade away the anchor of their d-corps without a proven d-guy in return. You Leaf fans must all smoke the same thing.

19 Jan 2018 06:48:44
Read this in an article, thought I’d share. Honestly don’t know anything about Labanc so I can’t really comment but like i said I read this so not my idea. I believe it was one of those change of scenery trades.

19 Jan 2018 13:28:06
I’m a season ticket holder in Barrie where LeBanc played his junior. In his last season there, him and Mangiapane put on a clinic. A cpl 100+pts seasons for him and one was like 130 i think. I know that doesn’t always translate, but he has 40+ pts in 90 nhl games. Slepy has like 14 in 70. I also know points aren’t everything, but both these players were meant to be offensive threats so I think it has to matter quite a bit. Only big advantage is obvious size for Slepyshev but sharks have a ton of size on their team both with the old core of burns and Thornton and with young guys like hertl and Meier. Don’t see why they would really downgrade skill that much for a bit of size.

19 Jan 2018 13:33:10
And even at the AHL level, lebanc put up 1.1 points per game. Slepyshev is just over half that at .53. I don’t see how a GM could do it and think it’s a good plan unless he knows something about lebanc that doesn’t show up to the fans. Who’s article was it?

19 Jan 2018 14:51:30
Well I like it, solid right handed winger capable of playing anywhere in the top 9, the thing you may need to acknowledge though is how high Sharks value Labanc compared to, cause I know his play is a tad inconsistent, but also young, and his numbers are solid for a 22 year old who’s place in the lineup isn’t solidified.

Isles goaltending is a dumpster fire rn and Aaron Dell is the hottest promising starting goaltender on the market. Goodrow is a solid bottom 6 winger.

Sharks will need centres to help replace Thornton once he retires and while Coture can become the number 1 they don't really have a 2nd line centre in their pipeline and they potentially get that in Ho Sang who isn't fitting in with Isles. Halak will perform better behind a better defensive core.

14 Jan 2018 16:01:45
Who would want to trade Ho sang? He has so much potential. Got to give something to get though and If they don't make a move to get a starter they are going to lose Tavs in the off season.

06 Jan 2018 19:34:02
I don't mind it.
As much as I really like Russell. I would hope if he were to be traded that his spot would be upgraded with a better D in the off season. Get a good top 4 d man somehow. Not even sure who I would target or be available in the off season actually. Not doughty or Karlsson. Someone like a Faulk (he could be available but price would be pretty high and understandably so) .

06 Jan 2018 20:23:09
Honestly I was very skeptical when we signed Russell but now I’m enjoy having him on Edmonton. However I’d for sure take this trade imo. Still not a fan of signing him for 4 years.

06 Jan 2018 21:22:03
I really wanted Edmonton to sign Boedker over Lucic last off season. He isn’t doing anything with San Jose so I could see them trading him easily.
And ya I agree yup upgrading with a RHD would make perfect sense. It would give Oil a deep blue line IMO.

07 Jan 2018 01:43:46
Also Haglin is the fastest player in the NHL but number 2/ 3/ 4 are Boedeker, Larkin and McDavid respectively ( according to records takin during Rangers/ Arizona practices and the All Star game. Boedeker and McDavid would be scary on the rush.

05 Jan 2018 02:03:58
I've read that the Leafs are looking for a defenceman that can play up and down their line up. If you set aside his goon reputation, I'd propose Radko Gudas. He's right-handed, played well in all situations with Philadelphia, and drives possession (2017/18 CF/60 56.0 CA/60 54.7). Since Toronto is tight against the cap and has max contracts, what do you think of:

06 Jan 2018 07:07:33
I’m going for a different player and trading Lupul does nothing as he’s LTIR anyway. Doesn’t count on leafs cap. So they would still have to move money out. There’s is no one on that team that they would want to sacrafice for Radko Gudas lol.